THE DINOSAURS WILL APPEAL
February 8th was a great day for personal freedom and human dignity in California, and indeed, all of America, when the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals struck down California's gay marriage ban as being unconstitutional.
The 2008 law which stopped California from being what would now be the seventh state to legalize gay marriage, was decreed by the 9th Circuit to be unconstitutional because, while states are generally allowed to pass any law deemed desirable, "it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently". The decision implies it is no more constitutional to prevent two persons of the same sex from marrying as it is to prevent two persons of different races from marrying.
Regardless of the eventual U.S. Supreme Court decision on today's action, marriage equality for all will ultimately prevail. Demographics are on the side of justice and first class citizenship for gay Americans. A recent poll showed the following support for gay marriage:
18 - 34 years: 70%
35 - 59 years: 53%
60+ years: 39%
The unreconstructed homophobes, the religious intolerant, the haters and the prisoners of fear; if they look in the mirror, are likely to see a graying and wrinkled visage staring back. They are human dinosaurs who either won't or can't adapt to a changing world. The real dinosaurs who roamed the world millions of years ago failed to adapt and became extinct. As the former group becomes extinct, succeeding generations of more secure, tolerant souls will make this a better country for all.
The 2008 law which stopped California from being what would now be the seventh state to legalize gay marriage, was decreed by the 9th Circuit to be unconstitutional because, while states are generally allowed to pass any law deemed desirable, "it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently". The decision implies it is no more constitutional to prevent two persons of the same sex from marrying as it is to prevent two persons of different races from marrying.
Regardless of the eventual U.S. Supreme Court decision on today's action, marriage equality for all will ultimately prevail. Demographics are on the side of justice and first class citizenship for gay Americans. A recent poll showed the following support for gay marriage:
18 - 34 years: 70%
35 - 59 years: 53%
60+ years: 39%
The unreconstructed homophobes, the religious intolerant, the haters and the prisoners of fear; if they look in the mirror, are likely to see a graying and wrinkled visage staring back. They are human dinosaurs who either won't or can't adapt to a changing world. The real dinosaurs who roamed the world millions of years ago failed to adapt and became extinct. As the former group becomes extinct, succeeding generations of more secure, tolerant souls will make this a better country for all.
posted by Walt Zlotow at 3:58 PM
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